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Basic Home Decorating Tips That Will Make Your Home Look Great

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There are a few things that we wanted to do, however, to make the home more “ours” After pouring over magazines, TV shows, and soliciting advice from my mom, we nailed down a few things that are fool proof principles to home decorating and finishing. Use Patterns Sparingly. But definitely use them! Get Organized'

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Don’t be a Buy-It-New Snob

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Are you a ‘buy it new’ snob – one of those people who shudder at the thought of using someone else’s cast off stuff? I swore I’d never buy used junk again… but now I’ve changed my mind. Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales.

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Should You Learn To Sew?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Type in ‘sewing’ into your search engine and you will get a tremendous number of results, all the way from companies selling sewing machines, patterns, and material, to blogs, class offerings, books, magazines, videos and events! I got 160,000,000 results today using Google Chrome. Do you think people should learn to sew?

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